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J33nn
J33nn

Reputation: 3234

How to send mail in Java using same mechanism like in PHP mail()

I'm having trouble in sending mail from my application. I can't use simple SMTP server on my application. And have no idea how to deal with sending mails in JAVA. I'm supposed to use same/similar mechanism like PHP's mail() uses. Unfortunately I have no idea how to do it.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3805

Answers (4)

user207421
user207421

Reputation: 310869

I'm supposed to use same/similar mechanism like PHP's mail() uses.

You can't, because it doesn't exist. If that's the requirement, get it changed.

Unfortunately I have no idea how to do it.

See the JavaMail API.

Upvotes: 0

iTech
iTech

Reputation: 18440

You can use JavaMail api with a local SMTP server like Apache James, so after installing and running James server, you can set the SMTP server ip to 127.0.0.1

Upvotes: 0

syb0rg
syb0rg

Reputation: 8247

The Java Mail API provides support for sending and receiving e-mails. The API provides a plug-in architecture where vendor’s implementation for their own proprietary protocols can be dynamically discovered and used at the run time. Sun provides a reference implementation and its supports the following protocols:

  • Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP)
  • Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
  • Post Office Protocol 3 (POP 3)

Here is an example of how to use it:

import java.util.Properties;

import javax.mail.Message;
import javax.mail.MessagingException;
import javax.mail.Session;
import javax.mail.Transport;
import javax.mail.Message.RecipientType;
import javax.mail.internet.AddressException;
import javax.mail.internet.InternetAddress;
import javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage;

public class SendMail {

    private String from;
    private String to;
    private String subject;
    private String text;

    public SendMail(String from, String to, String subject, String text){
        this.from = from;
        this.to = to;
        this.subject = subject;
        this.text = text;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {

            String from = "[email protected]";
            String to = "[email protected]";
            String subject = "Test";
            String message = "A test message";
            SendMail sendMail = new SendMail(from, to, subject, message);
            sendMail.send();
    }

    public void send(){

        Properties props = new Properties();
        props.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.gmail.com");
        props.put("mail.smtp.port", "465");
        Session mailSession = Session.getDefaultInstance(props);
        Message simpleMessage = new MimeMessage(mailSession);
        InternetAddress fromAddress = null;
        InternetAddress toAddress = null;
        try {
            fromAddress = new InternetAddress(from);
            toAddress = new InternetAddress(to);
        } catch (AddressException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        try {
            simpleMessage.setFrom(fromAddress);
            simpleMessage.setRecipient(RecipientType.TO, toAddress);
            simpleMessage.setSubject(subject);
            simpleMessage.setText(text);    
            Transport.send(simpleMessage);
        } catch (MessagingException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 5

Eurig Jones
Eurig Jones

Reputation: 8543

You need to check out the JavaMail API, and as PHP's mail() requires, it will need an SMTP server to send that email.

If you require an SMTP server I suggest searching Google for an SMTP server for your operating system or maybe you could use an SMTP server provided by your ISP or server host.

Upvotes: 2

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